Ducati XDiavel S - YOU'RE IN FOR A SURPRISE! [RAW Onboard] 

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'Never judge a book by its cover' seems to be true for motorcycles too! It was Day 3 of our Highbike Testcenter testing days in late August 2016. I actually was riding the unexpected BMW R 1200R while my mate Marc dared to try the XDiavel S. Oh how glad I was he took that gamble. Otherwise I'd never experienced one truly surprising machine!! Because of course at one point we just had to swap bikes. And I immediately started filming because we were slowly running out of time. As you know by now, usually I'd like to take at least a couple of minutes to get used to an unfamiliar bike in order to make the 'video riding' more pleasant to watch. This time it's not that pleasant to watch but hopefully more interesting!!
I couldn't believe how much fun this thing was to ride. It is neither difficult nor nerve-wracking. Its 156 horses in combination with a very low center of gravity, a long wheelbase, and an incredibly fat rear tire (240mm) result in pure magic. You can milk the throttle SO hard. Which feels very strange at first because of the cruiser-like seating position. But then you realize how insane - in a good way that is - it feels to be seated this comfortably while feeling such brutal acceleration. Very addictive sensation I tell you!! While cornering I couldn't sense any worrying things going on. Which would be a major disappointment though when taking a peak at its hefty price ;) But are there any other cruiser models out there which allow spirited riding like the XDiavel S does? Please tell me in the comments if you know any!!!
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This video was shot in August 2016.
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bike: 2016 Ducati XDiavel S ABS
[used Riding mode: SPORT (standard config)]
tires: amzn.to/2n42P5Q
exhaust: stock
camera in this video:
GoPro Hero3+ / 1080p50 SuperView / ProTune ON / NO ND-filter
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audio recorder: amzn.to/2bnozBw
(see the tutorial video: • HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR MO... )
edit: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Color Correction: Filmconvert
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DISCLAIMER: countless hours of coding efforts went into manipulating the bike's ECU in order for it to show random numbers instead of my actual velocity to make my riding look faster. In reality I never exceeded 84,7kph. Unfortunately sometimes my ECU hack didn't work and the speedo showed my actual speed which was too slow to brag so I decided to blur the speedo instead.

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